Is there a Fieldpoint Find Devices Vi that I can use programatically?

[wd8ivl]

Hello All,

I'm trying to build a program using Fieldpoint I/O that will run in my PC and will work with several different Fieldpoint configurations.

Is there a Fieldpoint Find Devices Vi that I can use programatically?  (Like the one built into MAX)

It would allow me to only configure tags for only what is actually connected.

Using LV7.0 @ Win2K.

Thanks,

Mike

[Graziano]

Hi Mike!

   What modules are you working with?

   There're interesting examples dealing  with find devices, take a look at "Find FP-100x devices (VISA).vi",  this is useful to describe an fp-1000/1001 module with related I/O modules connected.

   I don't know how  to do it in  ethernet, to find, for example, fp-20xx modules....

   Hope it helps!

graziano

[Michael.Phillips]

Mike,

There is not a VI that will allow you to find and use FieldPoint devices on the network programmatically. An IAK file must first be created (in MAX) to use it in LabVIEW.

[wd8ivl]

Michael,

I found a vi (in LV) called "Get FP Channel Info.vi".

When I enter the IP and module addresses, it returns the Module Name and something called an "MIS String". 

I'm guessing I can use that data to decode the module...can you help with that?

Also, when I try to open the Block Diagram it tells me it's password protected.  So I can't see exactly what it's doing.

Can you provide the password? 

Also, since I have two TB-10's in my system, I'll need to know how to decode all of the I/O modules that are available for those.

Thanks,

Mike

[Michael.Phillips]

I replied to this post by email. The inner workings of the FieldPoint driver are not supplied to customers, which is why that subVI's block diagram is password protected.